Product Strategy and Operations Analyst, Google Education

Socket.dev; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking a Product and Business Strategy Leader to unite teams across functions to help products execute optimally. You will drive strategic initiatives, operations cadence, and cross-organizational communications while partnering with senior leadership to deliver high-impact projects.

This role focuses on transforming teaching and learning for students globally as part of Google's Education initiatives.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include a bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 4 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
• Experience working with and analyzing data.

Responsibilities

• Establish KPIs and timelines for projects, with regular metrics reporting tied to strategic goals.
• Drive end-to-end operational execution of high-priority goals.
• Support annual planning activities for the Edu portfolio.
• Contribute on cross-functional strategic projects to ensure timely delivery.

Skills

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 4 years of experience in management consulting, product management and strategy, or analytics in a technology company.
  
• Experience working with and analyzing data.
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience gathering and analyzing data to uncover insights.
• Experience managing complex systems, cross-functional stakeholder groups, and large-scale change management initiatives.
  
• Strong problem solving skills, combined with outstanding business judgment, communication, and prioritization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

About the job:

Product and Business Strategy Leaders bring together teams across Google's functions to help products execute optimally. Our team pushes Google to scale at key points that refine our products and infrastructure by executing efficiently, bringing solid business sense and sound judgment, and working effectively across organizational lines.
Our roles often include components of strategy (e.g. analyzing and understanding new trends in the industry, building business plans), operations (e.g. running the cadence of organizations, connecting the operating lines between our functions), and communications. Our team partners with senior leadership to run important functions that cross-cut our existing organizations and deliver high impact projects. We help Engineers, PMs, UX, and all of our other functions to build amazing products that delight our users, and then get those products into their hands.

The Education team's mission is to transform learning and teaching at scale. We do this by helping K-12 and higher education institutions around the world bring the best of Google tools and technology to their organizations. We've made significant headway on this journey. With AI, the potential for technology to enhance education is greater than ever.

The Strategy and Operations team will help shape the cross-Google narrative for Google Education, translating our high-level outlook into an operational reality, ensuring our business is run effectively. In this role, you will have the defining opportunity to transform teaching and learning for students globally. By harnessing learning science and the breakthrough capabilities being developed across Google, you will shape the future of education.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. US: $126000 - $180000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits Learn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities:

• Establish Key Performance Indicators and timelines for each project, regular metrics reporting, that tie back to strategic goals, and post-implementation impact analysis.
• Drive end-to-end operational aptitude to ensure flawless execution of the highest-priority goals.
• Support annual planning activities for the Edu portfolio.
• Contribute on strategic projects that are operationally intensive and cross-functional to ensure there is structure and timely delivery of project goals.